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Past Simple Worksheet

The document contains a worksheet with multiple tasks on forming verbs in the past tense and using verbs in different tenses like past simple and past participle. The tasks include changing verbs to past tense, filling in blanks with appropriate past tense verbs, rewriting sentences in active and passive voice and identifying causes and effects.

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PAST SIMPLE WORKSHEET

Task one: Write the past simple form of each verb:


1. do ……….……....

2. buy ………..……….

3. come ………………...

4. hear …………………

5. feed ..………………

6. hurt ………………….

7. forget …………………

8. write …………………

9. think …………………

Task two: Fill in the blanks with the past simple form of the verb in parentheses:
1. A mosquito (bite)………………… me!

2. Grandpa (catch)…………………….eight fish on our fishing trip.

3. When Amine stepped in the gum, her flip-flop (stick)…………………. to it.

4. They (wake)………………... up at 4:30 a.m. to catch their 7:00 flight.

5. We (fly)……………….. from New York to Atlanta for the conference last month.

6. My stomach (feel)…………………….. strange for hours after I ate that old bread.

7. Salim (give)…………………………… her sister a CD for her birthday.

8. Bilal and Mustapha (make)……………………….. a movie about a really smart janitor at


Harvard.

9. The dog (dig)………….. a hole in the yard.

10. I stepped in the hole and (break)……………… my ankle.


Task three: Change the verbs below into the past tense and put them into the correct
place in the sentences:

Pay , Ring , Think , Drink , See , Eat , Go , Take , Leave , Say

1. I _________________ that he was fired.

2. My mum _________________ me last night but I wasn’t at home to take her answer.

3. I _________________ to the zoo with my friend last weekend.

4. I _________________ four cakes for lunch. I feel sick!

5. He _________________ him to see the doctor because he had been ill for so long.

6. I _________________ that new movie last night. It was great!

7. He _________________ his son alone all day!

8. I _________________ two bottle of grape juice last night. I don’t feel too well today.

9. They _________________ it tasted horrible.

10. It was too expensive and we _________________ too much for it.

Task four: Complete the tables below:

Present Past Present Past


Hear Be
Left Thaught
Ring
Wake
Drank
Brought
Go
Sleep
Took
See Brought

buy

Task five: Fill in the blanks with the past participle form of the verb in parentheses:
1. Have you (see) my keys? I can’t find them anywhere.

2. I have never (be) to New Orleans.

3. We hadn’t (grow) tomatoes before last summer.


4. Our team hasn’t (lose) a game yet this season.

5. Have you ever (meet) a celebrity?

6. Has he (sell) his car yet?

7. They haven’t (speak) in years.

8. He hadn’t (throw) a baseball in ages, but he still remembered how.

9. Have you (find) your keys yet?

Task seven: Fill in the correct form


Yesterday it ________ (to be) my friend´s birthday. He ________ (to invite) a lot of friends
from school. It ________ (to be) very hot so we ________ (to decide) to go to the swimming
pool. Suddenly Joe ________ (to fall) and ________ (to hurt) himself. We ________ (to call)
an ambulance. He ________ (not to stay) in hospital but he ________ (to have) a broken
arm.

Task eight: Simple Past short form: Fill in the correct form
1. Samia ________ for her friend’s ticket. (to pay)

2. We ________ in the park this morning. (to be)

3. He ________ his friend in 2013. (to visit)

4. The bird ________ high in the sky. (to fly)

5. She ________ 14 last year. (not to be)

6. We ________ in the park this morning. (to be)

7. The Olympic Games ________ last month. (not to finish)

Task nine: form sentences with the past tense form of the following verbs
to take – to go – to think – to buy – to leave – to see – to say- to know

Task ten: Write the Past Simple form of the verbs.


1. take ..................... 2. fly .....................

3. go ..................... 4. drink .....................

5.eat ..................... 6.wake .....................

7.make ..................... 8. have .....................

9.buy ..................... 9. Sail …………………………


Task eleven: Write the Past Simple (regular verbs)of each verb in the correct column.
Open – marry – like – try – bake – stop – mix – plan – repeat – worry – decide – travel

-ed -d -ied Double consonant -


ed
Opened

Passive and active voice worksheet

Task one: Change the following sentences from active voice to passive voice

1. The dog chased the cat. ……..………………………………………………………………………..


2. The dog bit the boy. …..…………………………………………………………………………
3. Rami played hockey. ……………………………………………………………………………….
4. Miss Smith teaches us English. ………………………………………………………………………….
5. Raja caught the ball. ……………………………………………………………………………..
6. Children like sweets. ……………………………………………………………………………..
7. The police arrested the criminal. ……………………………………………………………………..

Task two: Are the sentences written in Active or Passive voice?


1. They often read e-mails.
Active voice
Passive voice
2. He lost his keys yesterday.
Active voice
Passive voice
3. A letter was written.
Active voice
Passive voice
4. Steven likes to play baseball.
Active voice
Passive voice
5. French is spoken in Niger.
Active voice
Passive voice

Task three: Rewrite the sentences in Active voice.

1. The president was elected by the people.


…………………………………………………………………………………
2. The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
………………………………………………………………………………….
3. The club was founded by Walid and Yasser.
…………………………………………………………………………………
4. The computer is used by Asma.
………………………………………………………………………………..
5. The child was hit by a car.
…………………………………………………………………………………
Task four: Underline the cause and highlight its effect in each of the following
sentences.

1. He passed his first year at university; as a result, his parents bought him a car.
2. The police arrested him because he committed a crime.
3. She is lazy, therefore she has failed all of her subjects.
4. I woke up late this morning because my alarm clock did not ring. As a result, I had to rush to
get ready for school.
5. I missed the bus because I had to go back home to fetch my cellphone. Consequently, I was
late for school.

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